Stove or range



(No Model!) J. SPEAR! STOVE OR RANGE. No. 521,827. Patented June 26,1894.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE. j,

JAMES SPEAR, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,827, dated June 26,1894.

Application filed October 27, 1893. Serial No. 489,274. (No model.) 7

' flue and grate, so combined as to increase the efficiency andconvenience of the stove.

, In the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of referenceindicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure 1, is a planof a cooking stove'or range furnished with my improvements; Fig. 2, afront elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a section of Fig.

1 on line 1-1-2 Fig. 4:, a front elevation of part of the stove, thefront wall being partly broken away to show the dust flue and damper;Fig. 5,a plan of' the damper, and Fig. 6,

a perspective view of the plate I) and its connected parts.

A is a range or stove. B the fire pot. O the front wall of the stove. Dthe top. E a dust flue between the front wall of the stove and thefirepot.. F a damper adapted to close the flue E. G an operating handleattached to damper F and which passes through front wall 0 and by meansof which the damper may be operated. H a door in the front wall of thestove which isopened when it is necessary to rake the stove with apoker. The normal position of the damper is that shown by the full linesin the drawings, that is, extending from side to side of and closing thefine E so as to prevent the draft from passing through this flue.

When it is necessary to rake the stove with a poker the door H is openedand all the other doors and openings in the stove are closed, the damperF is moved so as to stand vertically, as shown by dotted lines in Figs.2 and 4, thus opening flue E. Astrong draft passes from outside thestove through door H, up through flue E and across the fire chamber andto the chimney, carrying with it all the dust that may have been made byraking the fire, and effectually preventing the escape of any of thisdust through door H to the, room in which the stove is placed. The sidesof the flue E are formed by projections a, a, Fig. I

so that the flue is wider at its bottom than at.

its top in order to produce a better draft.

I is a grating that covers the top of flue E and prevents coal, &c.,from falling into this flue, this grating forms part of the casting ofplate I).

K is a cover or door which closes part of the front of the flue E. Thiscover or door may be removed or opened to adjust or replace the damper Fshould any accident happen to it. y

In the drawings I have shown the range furnished with an oval firechamber B the major axis of which is parallel to that side of the rangeupon which is the oven door, instead of at right angles as is the usualconstruction. Afire chamber arranged in this manner gives the attendantbetter access to the fire and to the ovcnthan one arranged in' the'usualmanner in broiling large articles, a

largefish for example, it allows the handle of the gridiron to projectout at right angles to the front of the range where it can be much morereadily handled than if it projected out from the side of the range, andthis is particularly true when the rear part of the range projects intoa recess or is bricked into a wall, in which case the operator cannotstand at the side of the range but must stand at its front and reachforward to grasp the handlesa grated lip extending from said plate I) towall through which access may be had to said said front wall,projections a, at, extending flue and damper. from said plate I) to saidfront wall, said projections being farther apart at their bottoms JAMESSPEAK 5 than at their tops and forming with the plate \Vitnesses:

b and the front wall a flue E, a damper F J. M. HASEL,

within said fine E, and a door K in the front D. S. GABEL.

